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Yeah it has never been tried on me actually but since we do run the play we also have a way tod efend it...our first try is a quick cutoff throw to try and get the guy on third to make a move towards home. Bring my F4 over to cover the bag at second. Then SS goes across the diamond and stands slightly behind the imaginary line between first and second in front of where the runner is. The pitcher steps off and throws to SS and then the SS checks R3 and if he has not leaned toward home yet the SS takes two steps toward the runner in the grass. Then turns and fires to third normally...unless the runner is already on a sprint towards home in which case the obvious play is at home.
Basically the key to the play if it is ever ran on you is to have at least introduced the kids to it previously...even if you don't go into as much detail as I do in practice just let them know the reason the play is run so that they don't panic and make stupid mistakes when it happens. (EX. Balks,chasing the runner who is trying to get him, making throwing errors in confusion, etc.)
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